Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

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Scott Danforth said:
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Nice looking carb for sure. The only way to get bigger is to turn a gas can upside down over the intake and open the spout. It would be interesting to see which one would run out of gas first.
I do remember my days when bigger was better. So I installed a Holly 850 double pumper carb with a full track cam from Crower and Headman 4 to 1 headers on a STOCK '72 Dodge Challenger 340. I almost had to push it to get it moving from a stop. But get out of the way when I got around 60MPH. Everything kicked in at that range and it would take off from there. I learned so much since then...
 
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gm280 said:
Nice looking carb for sure. The only way to get bigger is to turn a gas can upside down over the intake and open the spout. It would be interesting to see which one would run out of gas first.
I do remember my days when bigger was better. So I installed a Holly 850 double pumper carb with a full track cam from Crower and Headman 4 to 1 headers on a STOCK '72 Dodge Challenger 340. I almost had to push it to get it moving from a stop. But get out of the way when I got around 60MPH. Everything kicked in at that range and it would take off from there. I learned so much since then..
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you probably could have tuned that bog out with different squirters and cams and a progressive linkage for the secondaries.

I had my 650 DP on the 3.8 Buick V6 in the Opel GT tuned so that when i mashed the throttle in 1st, you better be grabbing second quickly. my 78 Dodge W150 had a 360 with a 750 DP on it. if I was in 4-low, I could get the truck to launch vertically when you mashed the throttle.
 
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two of the last three posts had so much inappropriate fodder for me.



I'll stand down.
 
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Scott Danforth said:
you probably could have tuned that bog out with different squirters and cams and a progressive linkage for the secondaries.

I had my 650 DP on the 3.8 Buick V6 in the Opel GT tuned so that when i mashed the throttle in 1st, you better be grabbing second quickly. my 78 Dodge W150 had a 360 with a 750 DP on it. if I was in 4-low, I could get the truck to launch vertically when you mashed the throttle.
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You are probably right. But you have to remember, back in the early '70s I was so much more young and dumb at the time. Now I am old...but still dumb... lol
 
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